I have a script that disables my touch pad (it is too sensative). When I run the script it asks for the root password. I tried doing a chmod 7777 (4 of them) on the script but it still asks for the root password. Any ideas?

What are you trying to achive by trying to set this up using command-line. Whether you use command-line or GUI, you still need to do a one-time setup of this. After the initial setup, it is automatic. So, what is the advantage of trying to set this up from command line?

@Gagan,

Thanks for pointing out that the “Startup” got changed to “Sessions”.

@Chris,

For most administrative tasks you have to give root password to make any changes. So, I’m assuming that without the root password, that particular script might not be able to disable the touch pad. What is the problem in giving the root password? Don’t you remember your root password?

(P.S. I am using Ubuntu) The touch pad is broken. When I type the touch pad thinks it is being clicked and moves the mouse. I tried to add the script to /etc/rc.local but it does not disable the touch pad when I log in. So when I log in, I have put an icon on my desktop to run the script. The script is set to 777. So what I am trying to do is modify my GUI login to disable the touchpad.

I have a very silly question: how can I add a startup program if I have broken my window manager? I was trying to install the netbook-remix stuff on Intrepid (8.10) and it all looked great except I forgot the step to add the “netbook-launcher” app to my startup programs. Now I just get a blank X-session when I log in but no menus. I can start in command line mode but then I need to know exactly which files to edit to ensure the “netbook-launcher” starts. Thanks for your help. Edward

I have configured xscreensaver as a startup program just as mentioned above with the command “xscreensaver -no-spalsh” but it doesn’t start. How to fix this ? In general where to look the log of startup program to check whats the problems it faced in starting up configured commands.

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